Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah has been named Best Picture by the African American Film Critics Association. The film also picked up Best Supporting Actor and Actress for Daniel Kaluuya and Dominique Fishback respectively and King was awarded with Breakout Director. Regina King’s One Night in Miami was also a big winner with awards for Best Director for King, Best Screenplay for Kemp Powers, and Best Ensemble. Full list of winners below.
Best Picture
Judas and the Black Messiah
Top 10 Films
Judas and the Black Messiah
One Night in Miami
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Nomadland
Night of the Kings
American Skin
Da 5 Bloods
Minari
Miss Juneteenth
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Best Director
Regina King, One Night In Miami
Best Actor
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best Actress
Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Best Supporting Actor
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Supporting Actress
Dominique Fishback, Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Screenplay
Kemp Powers, One Night in Miami
Best Ensemble
One Night in Miami
Best Foreign Film
Night of the Kings
Best Documentary
All In: The Fight for Democracy
Best Animation
Soul
Best Short Film
Two Distant Strangers
Breakout Performance
Radha Blank, The Forty-Year-Old Version
Breakout Director
Shaka King, Judas and the Black Messiah